Hanger for trolley-wires



T. J. HENDERSON. HANGER FOR TROLLEY WIRES. APPLICATION FILED AUGJ, 192'0.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

TJHndenson I INVENTOR ATTOR NEY UNITED v STATE 5 PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. HENDERSON, OF CCLUIVIBUS, GEORGIA.

HANGER FOR TROLLEY-WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed August 7, 1920. Serial No. 401,854.

To all whom it may concern:

tible of ready manipulation for the various connections of which it is capable.

To the attainment of the foregoing the in vention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof Figure 1 is an elevation showing them-- rangement of my novel hanger relatively to a trolley-wire, an ear thereon, and a copper feed wire. N.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with. the copper wire and strap omitted, and dead end guy wires connected to the body.

Fig. 3 is a vertical diametrical section of the arrangement in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; is a section at right angles to Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the plug.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel hanger comprises a body 1. The said body 1 is made, by preference, of malleable iron in the. shape shown and is provided with a central pendent threaded stem 2. The upper portion of the body is shapedinto an upstanding post 3. The said post 3 is threaded, as indicated by l, and is bifurcated as indicated by 5, the bifurcation extending down into the body about the proportional distance illustrated.

In addition to the body 1 characterized as described, my novel hanger includes a plug 6, preferably of malleable iron, a nut 7, and. a strap 8 of copper or other material compatible with its purpose. The plug 6 is shaped to snugly occupy the bifurcation 5 in the body 1 and is provided with apertured ears 9 and shoulders 10 to bear against opposite sides of the post 3 with a view to pre venting endwise shifting or displacement of the plug. The plug 6-is further provided on the upper edges of its ears 9 with line ll. These fins 11 are designed when the not 7 turned down tight on the ears i) to cooperate with the lower notched or ratchet face 12 of the nut and thereby preclude casual loosening and displacement of the nut. 'llhestrap S is of loop form andhas its upper arm disposed in thebottom of the bifurcation 5 and held under pressure by the plug (5 while its lower arm 'is apertured as indicated by 13 to receive the stem 2. The upper arm of the strap 8 terminates in a T-head Ll for the connection of a feed wire of copper or other appropriate material, and the lower arm is designed to be held against the car 15 of a trolley-wire 16 so as to make a good contact. The apertures in the ears 9 are for the connection of dead end guy wires indicated by 16* in. Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1 a feed wire 20 is shown as interposed between the plug 6 and strap 8.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have provided a practically advantageous trolley wire hanger that is well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which trolley-wire hangers are ordinarily subjected and at the same time is so con structed that a feed wire may be electrically connected. in approved manner with a trolleyavire, and so that there is no liability whatever of a casual disconnection. taking place.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure'by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a trolley-wire hanger, the combination of a body having a pendent threaded stem for connection to a trolley-wire ear and also having a threaded and bifurcated post, a looped conductive strap having an arm disposed in the said bifurcation and terminating in a T-head, and also having an arm apertured and receiving the stem and adapted to make contact with a trolley-wire ear, a plug arranged in the bifurcation of the post and upon one arm of the strap and having apertured ears and shoulders to bear against opposite sides of the post and also having fins on the outer edges of the ears,

and a nut mounted on the post and having indentures at intervals in its inner side to cooperate with the said fins.

2. The combination in a tro1leywire hanger, of a body having a threaded and bifurcated post, a conductivestrap resting in said bifurcation, a plug resting in the bifurcation and against said strap, and a nut mounted on the post and arranged against the plug.

3. The combination in a trolley Wire hanger, of a body having a threaded and bifurcated post, a conductive strap resting in said bifurcation, a plug resting in the bifurcation and against said strap, and a nut mounted on the post and arranged against the plug; the said plug having apertured ears and fins on the outer edges thereof, and a nut having indentures at intervals at its inner side to cooperate with said fins.

4. In a trolley-Wire hanger, the combination of a body having a threaded stem at one end and a threaded and bifurcated post at its opposite end, a looped conductive ele- V ment arranged with one arm on the stem and its other arm in the bifurcation, a plug arranged in the bifurcation and against the latter arm of the conductive element, and a nut mounted on the post against the plug.

5. A trolley Wire hanger comprising :1 body having a threaded stem at one end and a threaded and bifurcated post at its opposite end, a plug seated in the bifurcation 01' the post, and a nut mounted on the post and arranged to cooperate with the plug.

6. A trolley Wire hanger comprising a body having a threaded stem at one end and a threaded and bifurcated post at its opposite end, a plug seated in the bifurcation of the post, and a nut mounted on the post and arranged to cooperate with the plug; the plug hax ing a fin on its outer side and the nut having an indentured inner side to cooperate with said nut.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS J. HENDERSON. 

